Like or Dislike: After the Glitter Fades

[skcin]

Here ya go, Hawkeye!

To me, this song is just OK. It's not a favorite, but I don't dislike it either. The music is very pretty, but nothing spectacular. It sounds like a country song (not that there's anything wrong with that.) I'm surprised they released it as a single - it did hit #32, though, according to Nicksfix. Not too bad, but disappointing compared to Edge, L&L or SDMHA's chart positions.

Favorite lyrics:

"the dream keeps coming even when you forget to feel"

"even thought the living is sometimes laced with lies"

I am glad she did this live on Enchanted, if only to hear something different than her usual setlist. I think she handled the vocals extremely well & still could. I wouldn't really want to see it back in the setlist, though. Too slow.

*Sorry, my computer's acting screwy & I couldn't post a poll*

[glitter_fades]

Do you have to ask?

[Dreammms]

I love it. I also liked it live when she did it on the Enchanted tour!

[catinthedark]

This is a slightly more complicated one to answer. I always think I don't like this song - I don't like the opening bars, I don't like the first line. But... if I don't get to the CD changer fast enough and wind up listening to it, I do find myself singing along, and even liking it. I definitely like the words better than the music in this one. I'm a sucker for pain and heartbreak, and I love the lonliness and sadness of it.

My fave lines:

For me...it's the only life
That I've ever known
And love is only one fine star away

I can relate to this line - it talks to me (wow - do I ever sound flakey!! ) To me it says, I've sacrificed so much for this life, I love what I do, I wouldn't change it, but I do wish I had someone to share it with. And that was so prophetic of Stevie's life, and it's one part of her writing that I understand, too.

*sob* *sniff* *sob* Oh, man! That's a little too heavy for so early in the morning! (yes, this is early for me)

[gldstwmn]

I'm torn. I like the lyrics but I'm not a huge fan of the melody.

[David]

I like "Glitter." It doesn't have that brazenly in-your-face appeal of Stevie's better-known pop songs, but it is actually one of her best song-qua-song works: in terms of construction, it's nearly a perfect little work. The parts all fit snugly into the whole; the lines scan with the proper foot count in almost all stanzas; the music enhances rather than overshadows the import of the lyric; the arc of the melodic line weaves its way through the fabric in a standard binary format; & the cadenza-like final measures with their suspended vocal are a masterly summation of both the chord progression (modulating from the tonic to the subdominant, back to the tonic & then forward to the dominant) & the form in general.

The song has had its major fans (Robert Hilburn of the L.A. Times, Jim Ladd) & its detractors (Rolling Stone's Bella Donna reviewer).

[GardenStateGirlie]

I love the song lyrics but i'll agree, the music isn't anything to write home about. However, live, it's amazing. It's a very honest song, IMO.

[DrummerDeanna]

This is actually one of my favorite Stevie songs - I just really really like it - always have.

I think my favorite line is, "The lonliness of a one-night-stand is hard to take"

OK actually I like the whole section:

"The loneliness of a one night stand
Is hard to take
We all chase something
And maybe this is a dream
The timeless face of a rock and roll
Woman...while her heart breaks
Oh you know...the dream keeps coming
Even when you forget to feel"

So good...LOVE it.

[GypsySorcerer]

It's okay. I used to like it much more in my early fan days, but the appeal has lessened some for me. And that's strange, cause I usually like her "country-ish" songs.

[Rickypt]

Love it, love it, love it. I love all the Stevie countryish songs.

It made a great ending to side one during the album days.

[bellaillume]

I have always loved this song...favorite line..."heartbreak of the moment is not ending..."

[TheBlueLamp]

I think ATGF is one of BD's lesser songs. I do love the lines:

Oh you know...the dream keeps coming
Even when you forget to feel

It's an alright song for when you're in a country mood.

[SapphireSister]

I hated ATGF the first few times I heard it but it has grown on me. I usually don't like country sounding songs so that is the main reason but after listening a few times I can definitely deal with it. It's very catchy and I'm always singing it for a while after I hear it. Like someone else said when I first hear it I'm kind of like "oh no" but after it plays for a few seconds I want to keep listening.

[PenguinHead]

I actually think this is one of Stevie's best song. In a universal sense, it has a mass appeal beyond her persona....much like Landslide. The fact that it's been covered several times shows that other artists have connected with it. For example, I can't see many people connecting with Edge Of Seventeen.
I don't like country music, yet I like when Stevie does country. (I love the Highway Man!) Even though she is the consumate rock and roller, she comes off very authentic. (Must be channeling the muse of her grandfather.)

The only lines in the song that somewhat irk me are: "What I SEEM to touch these days has turned to gold. What I SEEM to want..." In a literal sense that really makes no sense! I think what she was reaching for was something like "What I touch seems to turn to gold...what I what want..it seems I find a way."

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

In a literal sense that really makes no sense!

That rarely stops Stevie!